Key Takeaways
- Lily Allen’s Tour: The artist will embark on her first full tour in seven years in March 2026.
- Album Details: Her new album, West End Girl, explores personal themes surrounding her marriage and separation.
- Tour Dates: The tour kicks off on March 2, 2026, at Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall.
- Songwriting Insights: Allen reveals that her songwriting blends truth and fantasy, reflecting her emotional journey.
Lily Allen will take her acclaimed West End Girl LP on tour in 2026 throughout the U.K. The shows will mark the British star’s first full tour in seven years.
Allen released West End Girl on Friday (Oct. 24) via BMG, and the record shares intimate and explicit details on the breakdown of her marriage to Stranger Things star David Harbour; the pair were married in 2020 and separated earlier this year.
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The 40-year-old will play the album in full at a run of dates in March 2026, starting at Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall on March 2. She’ll then perform in Liverpool, Birmingham, Sheffield, Manchester, Nottingham, Cambridge, Bristol, Cardiff, wrapping up with two nights at the London Palladium on March 21.
The show – Lily Allen Performs West End Girl – will see the singer-songwriter perform her brand-new album in its entirety and in the order the songs appear on the record. Tickets for the shows go on sale at 10 a.m. (GMT) next Friday (Nov. 7).
West End Girl is Allen’s first album since 2018’s No Shame and her fifth overall. Allen’s debut solo single “Smile” from Alright, Still hit No. 1 on the U.K. charts in 2006, and she has two chart-topping LPs to her name: It’s Not Me, It’s You (2009) and Sheezus (2014).
The album details alleged infidelity by a partner, assumed to be Harbour. On the tracks “West End Girl” and “Nonmonogamummy,” Allen describes feeling pressured to enter into an open relationship, which was subsequently violated by her partner. On songs such as “Madeline” and “P—y Palace,” she also addresses alleged infidelity. The couple married in an intimate ceremony in Las Vegas in 2020 after meeting on dating app Raya the year prior.
Speaking to Interview magazine, however, Allen states that some creative license has been used in her songwriting, revealing that “some of it is based on truth and some of it is fantasy.” She also discussed the songwriting process and her feelings about the songs now that she is distanced from the relationship. “At the time, I was really trying to process things, and that’s great for the album, but I don’t feel confused or angry now. I don’t need revenge,” Allen said.
“I wrote this record in 10 days in December, and I feel very differently about the whole situation now,” she added. “We all go through breakups and it’s always f—ing brutal.”
Lily Allen U.K. 2026 tour dates:
- March 2: Glasgow, Scotland @ Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
- March 3: Liverpool, England @ Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
- March 5: Birmingham, England @ Birmingham Symphony Hall
- March 7: Sheffield, England @ Sheffield City Hall
- March 8: Newcastle, England @ Newcastle City Hall
- March 10: Manchester, England @ Manchester Aviva Studios, The Hall
- March 11: Manchester, England @ Manchester Aviva Studios, The Hall
- March 14: Nottingham, England @ Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
- March 15: Cambridge, England @ Cambridge Corn Exchange
- March 17: Bristol, England @ Bristol Beacon
- March 18: Cardiff, Wales @ Cardiff New Theatre
- March 20: London, England @ London Palladium
- March 21: London, England @ London Palladium
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